Gin Salad Dry Martini

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (41 ratings)

Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
2 12 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
12 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura optional
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of 3 skewered chilled Fragata Green Olives and 2 cocktail onions.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with skewered olives and onions.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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Review:

A Gin Salad is made like a regular Dry Martini but with three olives and two cocktail onions as garnish. They should be pushed onto the stick in the following order: olive-onion-olive-onion-olive.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Gin Salad Dry Martini contains 183 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.9 standard drinks
  • 29.37% alc./vol. (29.37° proof)
  • 26.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Toby James’ Avatar Toby James
18th October 2024 at 22:13
Just make every martini a salad martini, coward. I would but then I'd probably stop eating anything else and expire from some 18th century pirate disease. God I love pickles.
G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
30th January at 12:16
One of my favorite comments on this site. Salute!
John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
3rd October 2024 at 00:57
Tried again, but substituted grapefruit bitters for the orange bitters. A bit dryer cocktail and a hint of freshness. Love this drink it is so versatile.
Raul Garcia’s Avatar Raul Garcia
19th September 2024 at 20:28
You have to try it instead of with olives and onion, with what in Spain we call banderillas, which has an olive stuffed with pepper, an onion, a pickle and chilli. You can add a shot of the brine to the mix.
John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
19th August 2024 at 00:46
Added one drop of olive bitters. Softened the overall falvour of the cocktail.
John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
12th November 2022 at 01:25
Loved this. The dry martini with its hint of orange bitters. The colder the better. Garnish is an extra. I count this cocktail as a serving of vegetables.
John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
19th June 2024 at 13:25
Of course!! 😂
Doug Charnock’s Avatar Doug Charnock
20th June 2022 at 01:46
Almost an acknowledgement that drinking a martini is partly an excuse to nosh on some great pickled veggies. Good pickled onion recipe:
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018721-pickled-cocktail-onions
Hunter Newsome’s Avatar Hunter Newsome
17th July 2022 at 21:57
True. I say get creative with the garnish, much like a Bloody Mary. Personally I like adding some radish pieces onto the pick when I have them. The red-green-white looks nice. Will have to give those homemade cocktail onions a go too.
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